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PokerStars.eu open for business
PokerStars announced this afternoon that PokerStars.eu has gone live for all of its players in Sweden and Finland. Combined with the recent announcement of PokerStars' new license in Malta, it's an important step in improving the player experience and benefits...
PokerStars weekend review (2-12-12)
Listen, I was the designated driver this weekend, so it's not me. It's you. Actually, I don't know if it's you, either. Let's just blame PokerStars, shall we? Because it's somebody's fault I'm seeing double today. Let's just count the...
Travel Guide: São Paulo
If there was ever a time for a poker player to mix business with pleasure, the Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final in São Paulo, Brazil, is the event to do so. It is taking place Feb. 17 through 20,...
Sunday Million II: Kyle "KJulius10" Julius closes out Double Vision Sunday wi...
The last time we saw Kyle "KJulius10" Julius, he was heads-up in the PCA Main Event, bluff-shoving his unimproved nine-high into John Dibella's rivered flush. Although Julius departed the Bahamas with an extra $1.5 million in his pocket thanks to...
Sunday Million: uWi$hIamDead takes top spot, adrian_114iz top cash in five-wa...
It's always been the crown jewel in the Sunday lineup. Your shot at turning $215 into six figures. Even if you spend your days multi-tabling Nanonoko-style, it still hurts to bust and it's a long wait until next week. This...
Sunday Warm-Up II: Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari All the Way, Wins $118K
The Sunday Warm-Up has always been kind of a prequel, a lead-in to online poker's blockbuster tourney, the Sunday Million. With this week's "double vision" promotion, however, we had a sequel to the prequel, a.k.a. the "Sunday Warm-Up II: Electric...
Sunday Warm-Up: Illini213's Ace on the River Worth $131K
Not one but two Sunday Warm-ups would give players a shot at calling themselves "Sunday Major winners". As the first Sunday Warm-up this evening would line up 4,176 players (and the second one which was taken down by none other...
Nice win for nicesttroll in the February 12 Women's Sunday
It was just another Sunday in February. Winter raged in many places throughout the world, with cold temperatures keeping players indoors and near a heat source. But for players on PokerStars, it was anything but an ordinary Sunday, as Double...
Preparing yourself for Brazil's Carnival!
The LAPT and BPT Grand Finals will soon be upon us and this time we don't just have a poker main event tournament lined-up, but a big poker festival taking place during one of world most exciting festivities, the Carnival...
Corporate Blog: More positive license developments
I am pleased to announce PokerStars has secured a Malta Remote Gaming License and very soon we will launch www.PokerStars.eu, giving us the ability to provide enhanced service to players in several European markets. You'll be hearing more about our...
World Blogger Championship of Online Poker returns for 2012
Who would've thought it in 2005 when the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker sprung up on PokerStars? Who would've thought that seven years later in the new world of Twitter and Facebook that the idea of blogging would be...
ANZPT plots course for fourth season
Well, this is just silly. Seriously, if you were going to plan a vacation and had the means, wouldn't you hop from Sydney to Queenstown and then back over to Melbourne? It's pretty much the perfect vacation. Now, try this...
LAPT Grand Final: Heart on a stick
I loved Brazil before I ever went to Brazil. I loved it for its people, their genuine smiles, and a joie de vivre that is impossible to find in other countries. It's difficult to fully appreciate unless you've seen it....
Angel Guillen visits Australia
After four eager months of waiting for visa approval, Angel Guillen finally made his way Down Under to Melbourne, Australia -- a country he has wanted to visit for a long time. "Right now I'm in Melbourne, Australia, visiting my...
APPT adds Cebu as Season 5 finale
Well, well, well. Here's a piece of news that is sure to knock the socks off Asia Pacific Poker Tour players. Today, the APPT announced its final stop of Season 5, and it's one of the most popular destinations on...
